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What’s the first essential to upholstered furniture? Like any building project – it’s good foundations, and for upholstery this means a quality hardwood frame. Our winged armchair frames are supplied by renown suppliers. The frames are constructed of 100% hardwood – with glued, dowelled and screwed joints. You cannot achieve the best standard on a [...]

Now autumn’s here, is it time to bring out the scatter cushions whose colours reflect the season? Sanderson fabrics certainly offer many choices – ‘Amanpuri’ is a bold design and the browns of the ‘Old Gold/Aubergine’ colourway suit the time of year. 'Woodland Berries' 'Rosehip/Moss' introduces 'greens' rather than 'browns' Alternatively, the ‘Squirrel & Hedgehog’ [...]

Carefully positioned upholstered screens can be a great addition to an interior design scheme - whether for privacy or to cut down on draughts in an old property. Perhaps the £4.5 million apartments next to the recently opened extension at Tate Modern in London, which are allegedly over-looked by the new Tate Viewing Gallery might [...]

How important is it to match the pattern on upholstery? Vital - if you are claiming to be a professional & working in quality materials. William Morris's Artichoke is a good example. This richly detailed weave, based on a wallpaper design of 1898, currently has a ssp of £115 per metre. At that price customers, [...]

Sunday 18th - Travelled to Focus 16 at Chelsea Harbour Design Centre. Chosen some really stunning fabrics from GP & J Baker. Looking forward to their delivery & working them up into some new pieces for the shop & website. Visit https://www.gpjbaker.com/ to see truly fantastic upholstery fabrics.

What's the best way to ensure a straight line when upholstering in a plaid or any fabric with a definite line? We use a laser line! It's more accurate. Whether it's a chair for re-upholstery, or as on this new chair created for a customer in Sanderson's Woodford Plaid Brick/Wine. See the full Highlands range at [...]